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5 days ago · Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver (1976), directed by Martin Scorsese. Having proved that he could make a fairly conventional movie, Scorsese then shocked filmgoers with the neo-noir classic Taxi Driver (1976), a hellish tour of a disturbed Vietnam War veteran’s peculiar madness.
- Michael Barson
2 days ago · His favorite directors include Martin Scorsese, Sergio Leone, Akira Kurosawa, Quentin Tarantino, Werner Herzog, John Woo, Bob Fosse, Fritz Lang, Guillermo del Toro, and Yoji Yamada. He's also very ...
5 days ago · Jodie Foster. Jodie Foster, best known for her roles in “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Taxi Driver,” learned Italian while attending the prestigious Yale University, where she majored in literature. Foster speaks the language very well (though she claims to have a slight French accent) and isn’t afraid to conduct interviews in the ...
4 days ago · Taxi Driver. Taxi Driver is now considered a classic – but an early screening didn’t go down well (Picture: Film Four) ... Jodie Foster, who appeared in the film as 12-year-old sex worker Iris ...
3 days ago · Known for his intense role preparation, De Niro spent weeks driving a taxi in New York City before filming Taxi Driver, and he gained more than 50 pounds (about 23 kg) to portray La Motta. By the end of the 1970s, he was widely considered one of the best actors of his generation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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5 days ago · Here's a brief, but chronological, look at her movies in this quiz. "Taxi Driver" (1976): Robert de Niro plays Travis Bickle, a Vietnam veteran who suffers from insomnia, so he spends his nights driving a taxi through New York's sleazier streets.
